.aax, the format by Audible (now Amazon)? AFAIK they've got DRM on it, which probably should be stripped first. If neither mplayer nor vlc can play them directly, there's quite a few programms out there to remove the DRM; got no personal experience on that, though._________________++++++++++[>+++++++>++++++++++>+++>+<<<<-]>++.>+.+++++++..+++.>++.<<+++++++++++++++.>.+++.------.--------.>+.>.